Herb

Water Celery (Shui qin)

水斳shui qin
1 sourceOenanthe javanica (Blume) DC.

Recorded for women's bleeding, staunching blood and protecting the vessels, clearing heat and disinhibiting water, and calming the liver.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十六·荤辛·水斳·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：主女子赤沃，止血养精，保血脉，益气，令人肥健嗜食；清热利水、平肝。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒。

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十六·荤辛·水斳·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十六·荤辛·水斳·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十六·荤辛·水斳·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.